If you are a horse race announcer, you know you are going to see Spanish names, both from riders and horses, so I find it unacceptable that the Monmouth announcer repeatedly called Hermosillo, Her-mo-sil-o.
Even the new announcer at Churchill has some problems along this line (although Johnson is probably following that British tradition of ignoring pronunciation if it isn't English. I notice that even Gordon Ramsey makes Pie-ella). Luke prided himself on getting the names right. Let's get back to that shall we?
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
More Reasons Librarians Rawk!
Wandered down to the library last evening to pick up some of the books I have scheduled for the summer. Had on my Ozomatli tee and this librarian asks if it is, in fact, an Ozomatli tee. She not only knew who they were, but gave me the names of a couple of other artists I might enjoy and still tried to rope me into the Saturday language cafe. Multitasking at its best.
Forgot to ask her name, but wherever you are cool librarian, thanks! Hope I turn out half as well as you did.
PS: been walking home from work and really enjoying the weather.
Forgot to ask her name, but wherever you are cool librarian, thanks! Hope I turn out half as well as you did.
PS: been walking home from work and really enjoying the weather.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
ALA bits
Two things. A new collaborative called In the Library with the Lead Pipe looks like an interesting resource for librarians and provides some overview and review of library-centric matters. One word of warning and praise, it is text intensive. After so long reading short articles with a plethora of hyperlinks, you'll have to turn on a couple of extra brain cells. This weeks article is a review of ALAConnect, a new ALA site that looks like it can work on several social levels for current members.
Second, my excitement about attending the annual ALA conference has been tempered by the fact that I will miss Sherman Alexie on Monday afternoon. Quandry.
Second, my excitement about attending the annual ALA conference has been tempered by the fact that I will miss Sherman Alexie on Monday afternoon. Quandry.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Back to The Regularly Scheduled Madness
So, my 636 class is over--library technology? computer use in libraries? I don't know, something like that--and I can return to blogs about things I really care about, like meat cards. These are the kinds of people I really want to meet. I'm sure with enough liquor and time we could rule the world. I would hand out my meat cards with a side of bacconaise (yeah it's kosher and vegetarian but I can overlook that).
I used to put these up on MySpace, but really, how many social networking sites can one undermotivated chick keep up with? Well, if you're this undermotivated lump o' female, the answer is one.
I used to put these up on MySpace, but really, how many social networking sites can one undermotivated chick keep up with? Well, if you're this undermotivated lump o' female, the answer is one.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Mooshu
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